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Half-Life: Alyx cover art

Half-Life: Alyx

Valve · 2020-03-23

Steam

ActionAdventure

Franchise: Half-Life · Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 23, 2020 (SteamVR)

Half-Life: Alyx is Valve’s VR return to the Half-Life series. It’s the story of an impossible fight against a vicious alien race known as the Combine, set between the events of Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Playing as Alyx Vance, you are humanity’s only chance for survival.

206
playing now
98%
positive of 105k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
93/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
93/100
IGDB user rating (250 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 18h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

206 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Half-Life: Alyx is a 2020 virtual reality (VR) first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve. It was released for Windows on March 23, 2020, and for Linux on May 15, with support for most PC-compatible VR headsets. Players control Alyx Vance on a mission to seize a superweapon belonging to the alien Combine before the events of Half-Life 2 (2004). Like previous Half-Life games, Alyx incorporates combat, puzzles and exploration. Players use VR to interact with the environment and fight enemies, using "gravity gloves" to snatch objects from a distance, similarly to the gravity gun from Half-Life 2.

Trailer

Half-Life: Alyx trailer thumbnail

Half-Life: Alyx Announcement Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 206 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,112 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~639/week).
  • · Review velocity up 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (16,420 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 2.1M–4.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 105,077 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2026-04-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16k16k20202026Week of 2020-03-01: 16,223 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6,969 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2,594 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,771 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,007 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,257 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 969 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,153 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5,403 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,954 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,068 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,301 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,719 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,589 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,069 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 908 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,129 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 867 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 963 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 813 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,088 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,372 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,752 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,138 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 887 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 753 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 753 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 754 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,178 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 731 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 689 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 646 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 843 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 988 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,028 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 775 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 420 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 841 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 558 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,000 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,081 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,036 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 569 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 778 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 790 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 958 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 588 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 948 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,028 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,011 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 836 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 636 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 887 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 611 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 566 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

40102026-08-06 21:00 — 259 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 146 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 250 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 270 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 178 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 321 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 306 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 213 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 341 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 316 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 143 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 255 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 258 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 143 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 251 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 217 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 132 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 274 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 358 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 160 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 196 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 244 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 190 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 325 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 159 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 155 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 283 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 206 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$14.992019-11-212026-07-092019-11-21 — best price $53.992020-07-13 — best price $59.992020-11-02 — best price $59.992020-12-01 — best price $59.992021-01-05 — best price $59.992021-03-31 — best price $59.992021-07-08 — best price $59.992021-09-20 — best price $59.992021-12-01 — best price $59.992022-01-05 — best price $59.992022-02-03 — best price $59.992022-07-07 — best price $59.992022-07-25 — best price $59.992022-09-29 — best price $59.992022-11-29 — best price $59.992023-01-05 — best price $59.992023-03-23 — best price $59.992023-07-13 — best price $59.992023-08-03 — best price $59.992023-09-19 — best price $59.992023-11-28 — best price $59.992024-01-04 — best price $59.992024-03-21 — best price $59.992024-07-11 — best price $59.992024-08-19 — best price $59.992024-11-22 — best price $59.992024-12-04 — best price $59.992025-01-02 — best price $59.992025-03-27 — best price $59.992025-07-10 — best price $59.992025-10-06 — best price $59.992026-01-05 — best price $59.992026-02-04 — best price $59.992026-03-26 — best price $59.992026-04-30 — best price $59.992026-07-09 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.3k3572026-05-31 — 491 pageviews2026-06-03 — 524 pageviews2026-06-06 — 570 pageviews2026-06-09 — 538 pageviews2026-06-12 — 393 pageviews2026-06-15 — 443 pageviews2026-06-18 — 451 pageviews2026-06-21 — 630 pageviews2026-06-24 — 622 pageviews2026-06-27 — 502 pageviews2026-06-30 — 517 pageviews2026-07-03 — 496 pageviews2026-07-06 — 624 pageviews2026-07-09 — 507 pageviews2026-07-12 — 479 pageviews2026-07-15 — 584 pageviews2026-07-18 — 385 pageviews2026-07-21 — 449 pageviews2026-07-24 — 394 pageviews2026-07-27 — 418 pageviews2026-07-30 — 439 pageviews2026-08-02 — 428 pageviews2026-08-05 — 446 pageviews2026-08-08 — 415 pageviews2026-08-11 — 412 pageviews2026-08-14 — 412 pageviews2026-08-17 — 433 pageviews2026-08-20 — 476 pageviews2026-08-23 — 519 pageviews2026-08-26 — 505 pageviews2026-08-28 — 474 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
87.9%
earned "Gnome Alone"
26.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyCaptions availableVR SupportSteam WorkshopCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultySave Anytime1 DLC

27 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Czech…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)62,3764%42

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRFPSActionAliensHorrorSci-fiShooterZombiesAdventureBeautiful

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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